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Nairobi to Arusha: Blagging Immigration. Feb 28 So I realize that it is a leap year and that means tomorrow is a fancy day. I feel like I need an explanation as to why some months have 30 days and some have 31. What is the reason that February normally only has 28 for ¾ of the time? Who came up with this nonsensical number system…and now that I think about it, why 24 hours? Why did they not base...
Nairobi Mardi Gras. Feb 27 I started the day by making a fake plane ticket that will fly from Lusaka, Zambia to Johannesburg, South Africa on March 10th. Tanzania is in my way heading south and I cannot go around it because I cannot get into Congo. So, the only way to get to Zambia is to pass through Tanzania. A regular visa is $50, which I bought last time, but a transit visa (good for 14 days) is only...
Nairobi Matatu Culture. Feb 26 It was 09:00 when I woke up. Juliette woke up as well. She told me that she had, “…so much fun last night.” Awesome! Juliette asked me if I went to church. I told her I am an atheist. She asked me if I pray to God. I told her that I do not believe in God. The extremely confused look that she gave me was pretty incredible. She just looked at me with really...
Nakuru: Juliette Meets Romeo. Feb 25 I accidentally hitchhiked from the Korando Education Center back into Kisumu. I was just standing on the side of the road waiting for a bus when a man pulled up and gave me a ride into town. He left me at a Kisumu bus station at a mall where I waited for an hour for a bus to haul me to Nakuru. There are some major differences in Kenya to everywhere else I have...
Kisumu: Cheap Impact, the Korando Education Center and Orphanage. Feb 24 When I woke up, I decided to head on down the road towards Nairobi. Before I left, I took a look at a website called www.cheapimpact.org. When I was at Bery’s Place, he had mentioned them to me, so I wanted to see where they were on the road and if I would get a chance to stop in to see what they do. I went on the website....
Kisumu: A Tow-Truckin’ Son-of-a-gun. Feb 23 Getting used to a new currency is terrible. It takes a couple of days of use until you start feeling comfortable with the money you are handing out. “Wait? Was that too much? Ah, I don’t know…” Anne and I went for a walk around Kisumu this morning and we ended up in a supermarket that had a delicatessen. They had salamis and cheeses behind the glass. Anne and I were nearly frothing at...
Uganda to Kenya: Hitchhiking with a German and Sniffing Tobacco. Feb 22 I ate breakfast and went for a venture around Jinja. The “Source of the Nile” is here, as this is where Lake Victoria channels into what is the River Nile that goes all of the way to the Mediterranean Sea. The longest river in the world starts here! I decided that I needed to go and have a look at something that is such a big deal. It...
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